Cultivation begins in Qingfeng Market.

Such a treasure is extremely rare in the entire Qingfeng Market.

The Lin family has clearly brought out all their most treasured possessions for this operation.

The flying boat grew longer as it caught the wind, quickly becoming ten zhang in size. Everyone boarded the boat one by one, with Lin Shanhe personally taking control.

As he cast a spell, the runes on the surface of the flying boat lit up, and it transformed into a streak of light that shot through the air.

A second-tier flying boat is a second-tier magical artifact that only Foundation Establishment cultivators can control. It was left behind by the first Foundation Establishment ancestor of the Lin family and hadn't appeared for over a hundred years. Even the Lin family members thought it was lost, but now it has actually been seen.

On the spirit boat, several clan elders began distributing various supplies, with each person receiving over a hundred talismans. Most importantly, each person received twenty-five [Gengjin Sword Qi Talismans]. The clan leader picked up one and said to everyone, "In the next battle, we will still use formations to trap the enemy. Your mission is to inject the [Gengjin Sword Qi Talismans] into the demon beast's body to prevent it from healing its injuries."

After three hours of rapid flight, the mountains and rivers below receded quickly.

At the speed of a second-tier flying boat, they had already traversed more than three thousand miles, almost crossing half of the Yunxia Mountain Range. Standing at the bow of the boat, Lin Zhao felt the oncoming gale and gained a new understanding of the Lin family's foundation.

Finally, the spirit ship began to slow down, revealing a vast green forest below. However, what was alarming was that a large area of ​​devastation lay within this forest—countless towering trees had been uprooted, and the ground was riddled with deep craters, as if a great battle had taken place.

While on the spirit boat, everyone sensed a chilling aura emanating from the depths of the forest. However, for some reason, even after the Lin family's second-tier flying boat had reached its territory, it did not appear.

When the Lin family's flying boat landed in the green forest, everyone was amazed by the vibrant scene before them.

Towering ancient trees pierce the clouds, with thick vines entwining them, and the air is filled with rich wood-attribute spiritual energy.

"The wood elemental energy here is so rich!" An elder couldn't help but exclaim. "It seems the information was correct; a second-tier spirit tree—the Azure Origin Wood—is indeed growing here."

Everyone's spirits lifted upon hearing this. Azure Origin Wood is an excellent material for crafting wood-attribute magical artifacts, and it is also a core material for setting up certain special formations; its value is very high.

Clan Chief Lin Shanhe's sharp eyes swept across the forest.

"Set up the formation!" Lin Shanhe made a decisive decision.

The twenty-five late-stage Qi Refining cultivators quickly took their positions.

As the array flags waved, the Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Array unfolded once more. Initially, it displayed a strange spectacle of five colors—green, yellow, red, white, and black—flowing around, and then the array began to actively absorb the rich wood-attribute spiritual energy from the forest.

"The Five Elements revolve, with Wood as the most supreme!" Lin Shanhe pointed the main battle flag in his hand toward the sky.

The array's range suddenly expanded, covering an area of ​​a thousand meters in the blink of an eye. Countless cyan light spots flowed within the array, eventually condensing into streams of vibrant Wood elemental energy.

The originally murderous Five Elements Heavenly Spirit Array has now transformed into an inexhaustible [Five Elements Wood Array].

The second-order formation was set up in no time.

"roar!"

An angry roar echoed from the depths of the forest. The lord of this forest could no longer sit still. The Lin family's formation had covered most of the forest and its lair. It had originally planned to observe for a while, but it hadn't expected the Lin family's formation to be set up so quickly.

The Lin family's protective formation includes the [Azure Wood Mystic Light Formation], which is why the Lin family was able to transform the formation into a wood-attribute formation so quickly. Clearly, the Lin family had already considered these issues.

A figure in blue suddenly leaped out of the forest and landed steadily on a broken tree not far away.

This is a giant ape covered in blue fur, about three zhang tall, with unusually long arms and bulging muscles all over its body. Most striking are its emerald green eyes, which seem to swirl with eddies, inspiring awe in all who behold it.

Second-tier demonic beast "Azure-eyed Blue Ape!"

No wonder it hadn't shown up. We don't know what it had been through. It still bore the scars from the previous battle. Its aura wasn't as strong as the Black Rock Python's, but the rage burning in its emerald eyes was even more intense.

It leaped down from an ancient tree, slamming its fists into the ground, causing the entire forest to tremble. Countless thick tree roots burst from the soil, crashing into the array's light barrier like giant pythons.

But this time, the formation showed amazing resilience—the wood elemental energy flowed on the light screen, slowly dissolving and absorbing the impact of the tree roots.

"Stop!" Lin Shanhe changed his hand seals.

The blue-eyed ape quickly discovered that the wood-attribute spiritual power it relied on most was being frantically drained by the Five Elements Green Wood Array.

The tree roots that broke through the soil quickly withered as the wood-attribute spiritual energy was drained. The wood-attribute spiritual energy of the entire forest flowed into the formation like rivers converging into the sea, leaving it only able to mobilize a small portion of its spiritual power. Most of the spiritual power was taken away by the formation.

Having lost its wood elemental power, the azure-eyed ape went completely berserk. It landed on all fours, its muscles bulging, and transformed into a streak of azure lightning, hurtling forward.

This collision relied purely on physical strength, yet it was accompanied by a piercing shriek that tore through the air.

The elder shouted, and the wood element power of the formation instantly condensed into vines on the ground, forming a thick wooden wall.

"boom!"

The blue-eyed ape slammed into the wooden wall, sending shards of stone flying. The wooden wall shattered with a crash, but the ape's momentum was also somewhat slowed.

In that brief moment, the Second Elder drew his longsword, the blade instantly enveloped in crimson.

That wasn't ordinary blood-red; it was a blood-fiend sword aura containing a sharp sword intent!

"Blood Fiend Sword Manual!" That was a sword manual that the Second Elder perfected and created himself based on some of the Lin family's sword techniques.

This sword technique emphasizes using battle to sustain itself and using blood to forge the sword. It follows the path of breaking through all laws and demonic paths with a single sword strike. The sword energy is extremely powerful, but it also places a heavy burden on the practitioner.

A crimson sword aura pierced the air, its passage accompanied by a shrill, tearing sound. The azure-eyed ape clearly sensed the attack; it crossed its claws in front of it, and a rich azure light shone forth.

"boom!"

The sword energy and the azure light collided fiercely, and the resulting shockwave uprooted the surrounding trees.

The green-eyed ape was sent flying backward by the sword strike, but only a few small wounds appeared on its arms. The difference between Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages is vast; without the aid of an array, it cannot unleash its full power.

The clan leader narrowed his eyes and carefully examined the wound on the green-eyed ape's arm. Although the wound was small, it was healing very slowly. This was another characteristic of sword cultivators: their sword energy was extremely sharp and difficult to heal.

This is why the Lin family needs a large number of [Gengjin Sword Qi Talismans], as their sword qi can prevent them from healing their injuries.

The Azure Ape, a second-tier demonic beast, is not particularly powerful, and more than one Foundation Establishment cultivator has tried to take it down. However, because it is a wood-attribute demonic beast, it can absorb the spiritual energy of the spirit trees in this forest to recover, which makes it impossible for Foundation Establishment cultivators to truly injure it.

It repeatedly failed to kill it unless a powerful cultivator in the late Foundation Establishment stage intervened. However, such cultivators were all pillars of the market, and a mere second-tier low-level demon beast was not worth their time.